Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[meIanchoIia 968]

On 6/29/2024 at 9:34 PM, Eugene said:

I have learned to love Blue Banisters... but Text Book is still unlistenable. 

Me when COTCC as an album and For Free 

[laurita 2,806]

You guys have got me spinning BB vinyl. Now theres no way to skip a song - I'm too lazy for that and this record sounds much better on vinyl than in the car (e.g. NFR sounds better in the car to me) I love BB so much   even though Wildflower Wildfire breaks my heart every damn time. its kinda song I can only listen to when Im alone 

[helloheaven 489]

marilyn elvis n jesus came to me in a dream and revealed to me that this is the greatest album of all time and they showed me the 2200 rolling stones cover where it was deemed as the goat by the international council of all music

i cry every time i drive and listen to sweet carolina what an astoundingly gorgeous and meaningful song to conclude an album on

[clementines 9,868]

I desperately need the rest of the fandom to see the light when it comes to this album, literally loved it from day one and was shocked to see others disappointed.

[Thats why they call me Dita 9,752]

11 hours ago, Candy Necklace said:

the reason they work as “stand-alone songs” for yall is that half of them are leaks we listened to for years as individual songs and a 25% were released as singles before the album, leaving the last 25% to be completely fresh 

 

me personally, i love this album a lot because of how calm and relaxing it is and works perfectly in the fall time. yeah it’s not the best album but i think it’s better to think about it as a compilation record. (although i do wish she searched for the original masters of notg/cb/ll rather than youtube rips)

I don’t think that’s it for me- I had never listened to any of the leaks prior to the album, so every song was fresh to me! But when you listen, the songs just don’t belong together for whatever reason, I still love the album though

[Make me your Dream Life 87,447]

The only country esque album I’ll ever really love 🤍

[Candy Necklace 7,229]

7 hours ago, Thats why they call me Dita said:

I don’t think that’s it for me- I had never listened to any of the leaks prior to the album, so every song was fresh to me! But when you listen, the songs just don’t belong together for whatever reason, I still love the album though

Yeah that’s valid given the songs range from being made in like 2013 all the way to 2021. In an ideal world I wish she would’ve refined and fine tuned the album some more but I know she wanted to put it out ASAP

[motel six 2,969]

why don’t some people like arcadia studio version? also is it true that some blue banisters songs are youtube rips? what’s the tea what’s the 411 pls fill me in!! 

[Vertimus 9,547]

56 minutes ago, motel six said:

why don’t some people like arcadia studio version? also is it true that some blue banisters songs are youtube rips? what’s the tea what’s the 411 pls fill me in!! 

It's inexplicable why some people don't like Arcadia as it appears on BB. It's a matter of taste. Personally, I love it. 

 

About the time of the album's release, one of our members posted something technological that proved that the previously-leaked songs that appear on BB were very in fact very shoddy copies, perhaps previously downloaded and recopied hundreds of times--though there's no proof that they were necessarily ripped from Youtube. 

 

Whatever they are in fact, they aren't high-quality copies that were taken from wherever Lana keeps her original master copies. I assume it's possible the masters were lost, thus the inferior copies were used. 

[motel six 2,969]

10 minutes ago, Vertimus said:

It's inexplicable why some people don't like Arcadia as it appears on BB. It's a matter of taste. Personally, I love it. 

 

About the time of the album's release, one of our members posted something technological that proved that the previously-leaked songs that appear on BB were very in fact very shoddy copies, perhaps previously downloaded and recopied hundreds of times--though there's no proof that they were necessarily ripped from Youtube. 

 

Whatever they are in fact, they aren't high-quality copies that were taken from wherever Lana keeps her original master copies. 

thank you so much for clearing this up for me! i’ve always loved arcadia, and didn’t understand when i was seeing a lot of slander for it here, i thought there might be a mass reason but yeah you’re probably right, taste or lack thereof

but that about the other songs is very interesting to hear 

[Vertimus 9,547]

Just now, motel six said:

thank you so much for clearing this up for me! i’ve always loved arcadia, and didn’t understand when i was seeing a lot of slander for it here

You are welcome. A lot of members say her vocals are poor on it, which I don't hear myself. I do hear weak vocals on Grandfather and other tracks from Ocean Boulevard, but not on Arcadia. 

[X8vinylScratchX 4,525]

Arcadia is my fav on Blue Banisters  it’s one of my fav Lana songs ever. It’s really Video Games 2

[Vertimus 9,547]

1 minute ago, X8vinylScratchX said:

Arcadia is my fav on Blue Banisters  it’s one of my fav Lana songs ever. It’s really Video Games 2

It's not my favorite on BB, but that's only because BB has so many great songs to my ears--IYLDWM, VFR, BB, TB, WFWF--I didn't care for Arcadia at first but it's grown on me more than any other of Lana's songs. Enjoy. 

[honeymoon is alive 20,993]

text book is a hit 

[Veinsineon 76,172]

Text book Beautiful and Wildflower are really never gonna grow on me I think  

 

 

[Make me your Dream Life 87,447]

i know it's going to be more so deemed as boring, but the title track's music video's weather's just so good. 
the clouds, the lighting washing over it. it's such a mood and I love it 

[Lana Del Dufrene 10,082]

45 minutes ago, Make me your Dream Life said:

i know it's going to be more so deemed as boring, but the title track's music video's weather's just so good. 
the clouds, the lighting washing over it. it's such a mood and I love it 

This. Also I will forever be bitter that Arcadia got 2 music videos but Thunder got none.

[X8vinylScratchX 4,525]

People who hate on Blue Banisters will not see the kingdom of heaven

[Embach 40,762]

Happy 3rd Birthday, dear Blue Banisters! I will always be the biggest stan of Black Bathing Suit, what a chaotic bop, the prequel to A&W!

Edited October 21 by Embach
Ah shit, the birthday is tomorrow :D

[Vertimus 9,547]

2 hours ago, Embach said:

Happy 3rd Birthday, dear Blue Banisters! I will always be the biggest stan of Black Bathing Suit, what a chaotic bop, the prequel to A&W!

BB, despite my not liking the title track, remains my favorite Lana Del Rey album and definitely the one I play the most. Happy birthday!